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Artist : Stef Chura Album : Midnight Quick Description : New album from an indie favorite. Why You Should Listen : Chura's debut was amazing, and this is a worthy follow-up. Overall Thoughts : The long, long awaited follow-up from a favorite around here, this is absolutely a more ambitious and more complex release than one might have anticipated if they hadn’t listened to advance singles like “Method Man.” While there is not a hook-laden song like “Slow Motion” in here on first listen, what we do have is a very great follow-up that definitely appears to be something that will reward multiple listens. If you’re not on the bandwagon yet, now is as good a time as any to hop on board. Recommendation : A must-listen, and one of the best of the week. Artist : Palehound Album : Black Friday Quick Description : Latest from the indie act. Why You Should Listen : Palehound has been good for a while, and this is their best effort yet. Overall Thoughts : Palehound is another ban...

Photo by Chet Tilokani Toronto's Skye Wallace is back with a new single off her upcoming album. "Suffering for You" was written while Wallace was Dawson City Music Festival's songwriter in residence, which had her staying in the Yukon during the month of January in a potentially haunted house. (I've actually been to Dawson City way back in the 1900's, and if it was that dull in June I can't imagine what January is like...) The song is about a group of people that get separated from their expedition and trapped on an ice floe for months. With that knowledge, "Suffering for You" becomes haunting. Somehow Wallace takes that subject matter and turns it into this epic, uplifting semi-punk power ballad.  You can listen to "Suffering for You" below.  Skye Wallace's self-titled debut album will be out June 7. For more on Skye Wallace, check out her website .

Photo by Sebastian Buzzalino The latest single from Toronto, Canada's Skye Wallace may be pure power pop perfection. "Coal In Your Window" imagines a world where The Donnas were more influenced by Cheap Trick than the Ramones, but with plenty of late 90's indie rock guitars. It has plenty of punk attitude and edge, but is more fun and playful than aggressive. Wallace says about the song: " I wrote this song in a building in Gros Morne National Park, Newfou ndland that used to be an old cottage hospital (Bonne Bay Cottage Hospital / Julia Ann Walsh Heritage Center). It was inspired by a story I heard about one of the young folks that used to work in the hospital and the boy that would throw coal at her window at night to beckon her down to their meeting place in the boiler room. ' Coal In Your Window' may be about a specific story, but it’s a truly universal concept of jittery, passionate love and doing whatever it takes to access that fire that anot...